Adickes v. . Drewry

The action was instituted by plaintiff, who had been an agent of the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company, against John C. Drewry, a general agent of the company, to recover fees and commissions to the amount, in the aggregate, of $1,416.20, alleged to be due from defendant to plaintiff by reason of a special contract between them, an oral contract whereby, as plaintiff claimed, defendant personally was to pay plaintiff certain renewal commissions for and during the life of the defendant, etc.; this claim being in addition to and in excess of fees and commissions due according to the…